Comparison

Memgraph vs OrientDB

No clear leader: Memgraph (56.9) and OrientDB (54.5) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Memgraph full profile →OrientDB full profile →

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Memgraph57

OrientDB55

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Memgraph	OrientDB
Vioscale score	57 / 100medium · 59%updating	55 / 100high · 78%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	high
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	5	1
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	6.3
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=memgraph%2Fmemgraph-mcp&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.orientechnologies%3Aorientdb-client&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	569
Github starsadoption.github_stars	4,364	4,983
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	550
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	88	62
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	18	34
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	C++	Java
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US, EU · HQ HR	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Memgraph57 / 100medium · 59%updating

OrientDB55 / 100high · 78%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Memgraph✓

OrientDB✓

Model

Memgraphfreemium

OrientDBfreemium

Price level

Memgraphlow

OrientDBhigh

Transparent

Memgraph✓

OrientDB✓

Integrations

Count

Memgraph5

OrientDB1

Security

Gdpr

Memgraph✓

OrientDB–

Scorecard

Memgraph–

OrientDB6.3

Vulnerabilities

MemgraphCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=memgraph%2Fmemgraph-mcp&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

OrientDBCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.orientechnologies%3Aorientdb-client&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Memgraph–

OrientDB✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Memgraph0

OrientDB569

Github stars

Memgraph4,364

OrientDB4,983

Package downloads weekly

Memgraph–

OrientDB550

Activity

Commits last 30d

Memgraph88

OrientDB62

Release

Cadence days

Memgraph18

OrientDB34

History

Memgraph20 items

OrientDB20 items

License

Spdx

Memgraph–

OrientDBApache-2.0

Language

Primary

MemgraphC++

OrientDBJava

Market

Availability

MemgraphAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, EU · HQ HR

OrientDBAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for graph databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Graph Databases
Capability	Memgraph	OrientDB
Model
Graph model	Property graph	Property graph
Query language(s)	Cypher	Orient SQL (implied)
Transactions
ACID transactions	Full	Full
Consistency model	Strong	-
Architecture
Storage	Native graph	Native graph
Distributed / scale	Clustered	Clustered
Replication / HA	✓	✓
OLTP vs OLAP	Both	Both
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Search
Full-text search	Built-in	Via index
Built-in vector search	✓	✗
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	-
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard	✗	✓

Model

Graph model

MemgraphProperty graph

OrientDBProperty graph

Query language(s)

MemgraphCypher

OrientDBOrient SQL (implied)

Transactions

ACID transactions

MemgraphFull

OrientDBFull

Consistency model

MemgraphStrong

OrientDB-

Architecture

Storage

MemgraphNative graph

OrientDBNative graph

Distributed / scale

MemgraphClustered

OrientDBClustered

Replication / HA

Memgraph✓

OrientDB✓

OLTP vs OLAP

MemgraphBoth

OrientDBBoth

Deployment

MemgraphSelf-hosted

OrientDBSelf-hosted

Full-text search

MemgraphBuilt-in

OrientDBVia index

Built-in vector search

Memgraph✓

OrientDB✗

Licensing

Licence class

MemgraphPermissive OSS

OrientDB-

Portability

openCypher / TinkerPop standard

Memgraph✗

OrientDB✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Memgraph

A high-performance, in-memory database designed for real-time graph queries and reasoning in AI applications. It combines sub-millisecond traversals with native vector search, ACID transactions, and streaming data connectors for fraud detection, network analysis, and AI augmentation.

Independently observed

OrientDB

An open-source NoSQL database that combines graph and document data models in one scalable platform, optimized for high-performance operations with physical record linkage and millisecond-level graph traversal regardless of database size.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Memgraph

HybridFree tier30-day trial

Community Edition free forever. Enterprise and Cloud require contact or trial signup. Simple memory-based pricing with no per-query, per-compute, or per-replica charges.

Community EditionFree
- Full in-memory graph database
- ACID transactions with on-disk persistence
- High-availability replication
- Cypher query language
- Stream connectors (Kafka, Pulsar, Redpanda)
- +3 more
Enterprise Edition – AI PlatformContact sales
- Unlimited vector indexes
- Role-based and label-based access control
- SSO (Entra ID, Okta, OIDC, SAML)
- LDAP/PAM authentication
- Multi-tenancy
- +6 more
Enterprise Edition – Graph AnalyticsContact sales
- Role-based and label-based access control
- SSO (Entra ID, Okta, OIDC, SAML)
- LDAP/PAM authentication
- Multi-tenancy
- Automatic failover
- +5 more
Memgraph CloudStart with 14-day free trial
- Fully managed – no setup, no ops
- AWS hosted (6 regions)
- Automatic updates and backups
- Community support
OEM / SaaSContact sales
- Redistribution rights
- Embedded engine (not exposed standalone)
- Unlimited queries
- Unlimited compute
- Unlimited replicas
- +3 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

OrientDB

from €1000/moHybridFree tier

Free open-source. Paid support from €1,000/month.

CommunityFree
- Discussion
- Issue Tracker
- Documentation
Basic€1,000/month
- Direct Support by mail
- Query Support
Advanced€4,000/month
- Support on Upgrade
- Emergency Patch
- Security Escalation
- Application Model Definition
ConsultancyContact sales
- On Site Support
- Custom consultancy

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Memgraph	OrientDB
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Memgraph✓

OrientDB✓

macOS

Memgraph✗

OrientDB✓

Windows

Memgraph✗

OrientDB✓

Linux

Memgraph✗

OrientDB✓

CLI

Memgraph✓

OrientDB✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Memgraph✓

OrientDB✗

Self-hosted

Memgraph✓

OrientDB✓

On-premise

Memgraph✓

OrientDB✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Memgraph

5 total

Kafka
Pulsar
Redpanda
Cognee
AWS (via Marketplace)

Independently observed

OrientDB

1 total

Gremlin Server (TinkerPop)

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.